[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 133 (Thursday, September 25, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12024-S12025]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING WOODSTOCK, VERMONT NATIVE HIRAM POWERS

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                        NATIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY DAY

  Mr. DeWINE. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the 
immediate consideration of calendar Nos. 291 and 292, en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DeWINE. I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to 
en bloc, the preambles be agreed to en bloc, the motions to reconsider 
be laid upon the table en bloc; further that any statements relating to 
these resolutions be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolutions (S. Res. 209 and S. Res. 222) were agreed to.
  The preambles were agreed to.
  The resolutions, with their preambles, are as follows:

                              S. Res. 209

       Whereas Hiram Powers is one of the preeminent artists in 
     American sculpture;
       Whereas Hiram Powers, in the words of the director and 
     curator of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, was the artist 
     who ``put American sculpture on the map,'' gaining 
     international fame and providing unprecedented support for 
     the notion of the United States as a country capable of 
     producing artists equal to or better than their international 
     counterparts;
       Whereas Powers' 1844 sculpture ``Greek Slave'' became, in 
     the words of Powers biographer Richard Wunder, ``a telling 
     symbol'' of freedom for Americans in the pre-Civil War years 
     and remains unequaled in popularity among American 
     sculptures;
       Whereas Powers' bust of President Andrew Jackson is widely 
     considered the finest portrait ever sculpted of the 
     president, as well as one of the noblest examples of 
     portraiture ever created by an American sculptor;
       Whereas the Congress of the United States, in recognition 
     of Powers' extraordinary talents, awarded him commissions to 
     execute

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     the statues of John Marshall, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas 
     Jefferson that stand today in the United States Capitol;
       Whereas Powers preserved through his sculpture the memory 
     of numerous other great Americans, including George 
     Washington, John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, John C. 
     Calhoun, Martin Van Buren, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow;
       Whereas Powers was born in 1805 in Woodstock, Vermont, and 
     happily spent his early years in that town;
       Whereas throughout his life, Powers held sacred the 
     memories of his childhood in Woodstock and drew upon these 
     memories as inspiration for his work, saying, ``dreams often 
     take me back to Woodstock and set me down upon the green 
     hills''; and
       Whereas the citizens of Woodstock, Vermont, are preparing 
     to celebrate the bicentennial of Hiram Powers' birth with 
     exhibits, symposiums, and other commemorative activities: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate recognizes and honors Woodstock, 
     Vermont, native Hiram Powers for his extraordinary and 
     enduring contributions to American sculpture.

                              S. Res. 222

       Whereas according to the American Cancer Society, in 2003, 
     211,300 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 39,800 
     women will die from this disease;
       Whereas it is estimated that about 2,000,000 women were 
     diagnosed with breast cancer in the 1990s, and that in nearly 
     500,000 of those cases, the cancer resulted in death;
       Whereas African-American women suffer a 30 percent greater 
     mortality from breast cancer than White women and more than a 
     100 percent greater mortality from breast cancer than women 
     from Hispanic, Asian, and American Indian populations;
       Whereas the risk of breast cancer increases with age, with 
     a woman at age 70 years having twice as much of a chance of 
     developing the disease as a woman at age 50 years;
       Whereas at least 80 percent of the women who get breast 
     cancer have no family history of the disease;
       Whereas mammograms, when operated professionally at a 
     certified facility, can provide safe screening and early 
     detection of breast cancer in many women;
       Whereas mammography is an excellent method for early 
     detection of localized breast cancer, which has a 5-year 
     survival rate of more than 97 percent;
       Whereas the National Cancer Institute and the American 
     Cancer Society continue to recommend periodic mammograms; and
       Whereas the National Breast Cancer Coalition recommends 
     that each woman and her health care provider make an 
     individual decision about mammography: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates October 17, 2003, as ``National Mammography 
     Day''; and
       (2) requests that the President issue a proclamation 
     calling upon the people of the United States to observe the 
     day with appropriate programs and activities.

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